Health
Diet and exercise may improve physical function and quality of life in older obese adults
A recent review and analysis of published studies since 2005 found low-to-moderate evidence that dietary and exercise interventions can improve...
Mobile device detects irregular heartbeats
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a mobile app and thumb-size device that help to prevent cerebral infarctions...
Gut pathogens thrive on body’s tissue-repair mechanism
Andreas Bäumler and his team discovered how pathogens manipulate the intestinal environment to favor their own growth.Why do some foodborne...
Increase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Hinders Treatment of Kidney Infections
Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing bacteria (ESBL) come from a strain of E. coli and are resistant to several types of antibiotics, severely...
Daily Sex Helps Reduce Sperm DNA Damage And Improve Fertility
Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according...
Researchers debunk ‘five-second rule’: Eating food off the floor isn’t safe
Turns out bacteria may transfer to candy that has fallen on the floor no matter how fast you pick it...
Deadly scrub typhus bacteria confirmed in South America
Scrub typhus, a disease transmitted through “chiggers” that kills at least 140,000 people a year in the Asia-Pacific region, may...
Physical activity may offset some of alcohol’s lethal harms
An international research collaboration, led by University of Sydney, has found that exercising at even basic recommended weekly physical activity...
Prisons could unlock hep C-free future
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) | by AJC1(Thursday, 8 September 2016: Oslo) Prisons provide one of the most significant opportunities to...
Dr. Richard Rosenfeld recommends shared decision-making in treating adult sinusitis
SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology Richard M. Rosenfeld, MDBrooklyn, NY – In an article in...
Stealth pig cells may hold the key to treating diabetes in humans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers are exploring ways to wrap pig tissue with a protective coating...
Medicare’s new way of paying hospitals could cause a bundle of problems for some
Credits: WikimediaANN ARBOR, Mich. — Hospitals that take care of the oldest, sickest and most complicated patients could suffer financially...
Mango and the microbiota: Potential role of this superfruit in maintaining gut health
Orlando, Florida (September 7, 2016) – Research published in the Journal of Nutrition has for the first time documented the...
Factor isolated from babies cord blood could treat harmful inflammation, sepsis
Christian Con Yost, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the neonatal intensive...